Yes. But we get Pau Gasol. It is worth it. The Lakers would never take that trade, unless they want the former Bulls backcourt of DUHON, HINRICH!

I'm not worried about getting into the playoffs, having a Rose-Butler-Deng-Gasol-Noah starting line up gets me giddy. I also understand Butler won't start and eventually he will be the reason the Bulls decide to wrongly not re-sign Deng.

Honestly, I don't think we can even get Ryan Anderson for Pau at this point. If we could I would take the deal. We need a shooter that can stretch the floor and not clog up the middle with Dwight there.

Also, Mike D'antoni is a bust of a hire. There's no way around it. Rather than fit his system to the players he's trying to get the players to fit his system.

The problem with trading Gasol is that he makes 19M and the Lakers probably don't want to take back any big deals. The teams that will be interested in Gasol are going to teams that feel Gasol puts them over the top, thus they likely won't be able to simply absorb Gasol's contract due to their cap number. Combine that with the fact that his value is diminished and there just aren't many deals that are going to make sense for both sides.

Honestly, I don't think we can even get Ryan Anderson for Pau at this point. If we could I would take the deal. We need a shooter that can stretch the floor and not clog up the middle with Dwight there.

You seriously think that the Hornets would be getting a bargain for Gasol by giving up Anderson? Anderson is 5x the player Pau is right now, is only 24 years old and is on a perfectly acceptable long term contract. Anderson is much, much, much more valuable than Gasol is.

I heard that Sylvester Stallone wrote The Expendables with The Alex in mind. He had to keep it realistic though and split The Alex's abilities into multiple characters. Stallone thought that critics would pan it for being too far-fetched if he just had one character effing everyone up.

Article says that this trade will put them under the luxury tax threshold, so they wouldn't have to break up their core group. Also looks like the Grizz will be signing Delonte West, Sasha Vujacic and Bill Walker.

You seriously think that the Hornets would be getting a bargain for Gasol by giving up Anderson? Anderson is 5x the player Pau is right now, is only 24 years old and is on a perfectly acceptable long term contract. Anderson is much, much, much more valuable than Gasol is.

Now, now. Anderson is not a better player, let alone 5x better player than Gasol right now. Given contracts, value may be a term you can use.

But Gasol playing in a role that fits him is a much more dominant player than Anderson is, even at this stage of his career. See: The Olympics.

Article says that this trade will put them under the luxury tax threshold, so they wouldn't have to break up their core group. Also looks like the Grizz will be signing Delonte West, Sasha Vujacic and Bill Walker.

Is Rudy Cool part of the core? I think it's Z-Bo, Gasol, and Conley. If they can get a wing to shoot 3s and play defense I think it would fit their team very nicely. Combine that with a back-up big and you are in business.